Simon & Simon

October 3, 1985

A wedding sets the stage, as Rick falls in love with their client (who suspects her husband is having an affair) and AJ proposes to Liz.

October 10, 1985

A trained chimp is the only witness to a murder and they try to figure out who the chimp is identifying as the assailant.

October 17, 1985

A writer asks to be an apprentice P.I. to get background information for his book and then he is framed.

October 24, 1985

Their current case takes them to a Mexican divorce resort when a worried ex-wife asks them to find her husband.

October 31, 1985

An apprentice witch seeks Rick and AJ's help when she is threatened, but the case gets tricky when events seem to be influenced by the supernatural.

November 7, 1985

Just when his breakup with Liz has AJ looking for love in all the wrong places, the brothers are hired by a TV sex therapist to investigate the death of one of her employees.

November 14, 1985

Sam Penny is back searching for the only prisoner ever to have escaped from Alcatraz, almost 25 years ago.

November 21, 1985

The Simons set out to find a missing country singer.

December 5, 1985

The brothers become concerned when a vengeful ex-con is on the loose.

December 12, 1985

The brothers switch identities.

December 18, 1985

AJ is devastated when he shoots a young man during an investigation of a diamond theft which reveals a family feud separating two lovers.

January 2, 1986

The guys pose as camp counselors at a camp for street kids, as a favor to Town.

January 16, 1986

The Simons help Town and a high school basketball coach when the teams star is accused of murdering a college recruiter.

January 23, 1986

A woman hires Rick and AJ to find her long-lost father after $10,000 is left anonymously on her front porch and she thinks it might have been from him.

January 30, 1986

A cameraman is pursued by the mob and involves a charming family on vacation in their mobile home at a theme park.

February 6, 1986

The MC of a family style tv quiz show is worried that the show might be rigged and asks the Simons to investigate, which they do by becoming contestants.

February 13, 1986

Espionage at the laser research center. A former client obsessed with AJ hinders the investigation.

February 20, 1986

The D.A. has AJ testify about a shooting he witnessed, but the accused may be innocent.

March 6, 1986

Rick moves in with a woman for the first time in his life, but she won't continue their relationship until he meets her missing roommate, when Rick and AJ search for him, they find themselves caught between the government and the mob.

March 13, 1986

A rich industrialist hires the Simons to provide security for the cursed Peruvian icon he's about to receive, and as long as they're there, he asks if they could also keep an eye on his two teenage daughters.

March 27, 1986

Rick and AJ help a couple of friends who claim they want a divorce, but act otherwise.

April 3, 1986

When the Simons find out their client has used them to cheat his wife out of her rightful settlement, they enlist the help of Town's cousin to set up a scam to get even.

April 10, 1986

AJ runs for the city council while Rick investigates his opponent's alleged toxic waste dumping and murder.

May 1, 1986

When hoods try to steal the family journal, Rick and AJ are prompted to go to Boston (with cousin Elizabeth) and trace the family tree, where they learn about pairs of Simon brothers down through the ages. Wayne (AJ) and Mad Benedict (Rick) Simon and their mother (Cecelia) in revolution-era Boston. 1775 and 1776 Sir Francis (AJ) and Black Jack (Rick) Simon and their mother Evangeline (Cece) in Pirate's Key, Florida. 1692 Orville (AJ) and Wilbur (Rick) Simon, shoe salesmen from Buffalo (owners of Simon Brothers shoes) in 1986.